http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Macquarie University A major review recently published in Frontiers of Microbiology examines the broader issues associated with widespread antibiotic resistance. The paper, by Professor Michael Gillings from Macquarie University, discussed the increasing concentration of antibiotics in densely populated areas. He says that the effects of antibiotics and resistance genes have now spread to locations distant from the influence of developed societies, such as the Artic, Antarctica, and the Amazonian jungle. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-consequences-overuse-antibiotics-amazon.html Medical research Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:20:01 EST news280489325 In a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, researchers investigated the impact of perfectionistic rearing behaviors by parents on children. Results showed that while all children showed an increase in their self-oriented perfectionism under perfectionist rearing conditions, it was children in the non-perfectionistic rearing condition that improved significantly in task accuracy performance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-effects-perfectionistic-parenting-impact-childhood.html Pediatrics Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:00:04 EST news280489285 (Medical Xpress)—In the longest running study of its kind, researchers have evaluated the long-term effects of early intervention on the prevention of internalising disorders in children, such as anxiety or depression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-decade-parents-key-emotional-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:20:27 EST news279526792 A new study has revealed that those with congenital amusia (commonly refereed to as tone-deafness) have trouble decoding emotions in speech and find it hard to pick up on emotional cues in conversation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-tone-deaf-people-limited-ability-emotional.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:20:08 EST news270806654 (Medical Xpress)—In a paper published in the Journal of Neuro-oncology, researchers have found that that patients with benign brain tumours experience greater distress than those with malignant tumours before radiation therapy http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-reveals-benign-brain-tumours-emotional.html Cancer Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:40:05 EST news270109137 (Medical Xpress) -- In a recently published study, researchers have shown that mothers who are overinvolved or overprotective during the early stages of a child’s development – often referred to as helicopter parents – can increase the risk for anxiety later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-helicopter-parenting-anxious-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:30:07 EST news264241793 (Medical Xpress) -- Among the greatest concerns for females in an age of celebrity culture is the issue of body image. Concerns about how we look can take over our lives and significantly impact our mood and relationships. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-explore-emotion-food.html Health Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:05:42 EST news261738329 Australia’s leading support, treatment and research facility for anxiety and emotional disorders, the Centre for Emotional Health at Macquarie University, is trialing a new treatment for childhood dog and spider phobias. This treatment approach could dramatically improve how psychologists treat anxiety disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-treatment-childhood-phobias.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:30:01 EST news259401535